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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has happened to Hari during his confinement in the tiger house?

2. Why did the Collector sit for a long time contemplating his boots?

3. What happened to cause the sepoy attack to be repulsed?

4. Why did the Collector go to the roof of the banqueting hall?

5. What shocked the Collector when he looked in the mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Collector do when he returns to London?

2. What has happened to the Collector's leather goods and clothing and notepaper?

3. Who does Dr. McNab ask to look after the Collector and what transpires during that time?

4. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

5. What does each person carry with him or her during the cholera epidemic?

6. Why was the Magistrate fascinated with the back of Lucy's neck?

7. What desperate measure do the people take out of extreme hunger?

8. What condition does the Collector find Hari in when he visits him in the tiger house?

9. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

10. What three characters in the novel die in Chapter 18?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe Fleury's and his sister, Louise's time in Calcutta before they continue on to Krishnapur. What is the social scene like in Calcutta?

2) What happens to Harry in the bazaar on his way to Krishnapur?

3) What is Harry afraid of ? What frightens Fleury?

Choose two of the three questions to answer.

Essay Topic 2

1) Discuss Louise concern about Harry's interest in Lucy. Why is she concerned? What is her opinion of Lucy?

2) What three men do the Padre and the Collector have to bury? What is the dilemma and how does the Collector solve it?

3) What is the name of the well-liked little girl who dies in the novel. What does she inspire Fleury to do?

Choose two of the three to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) What are the two options presented in the novel concerning the distribution of food and rations . Which do you think is the better option?

2) How do Hari and how do the Magistrate attempt to prove the validity of phrenology. Whom do they choose to use in their experiments and

why?

3) How does Hari change during his confinement in the tiger house? Do you think it was moral to keep him there?

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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